R-Controlled Vowels Phonics Worksheets
How the sounds work (The r changes the vowel): Spot the vowel + r: ar, or, er, ir or ur. Read it as one sound: c-ar, f-or-k. er, ir and ur sound the same, so learn which spelling each word uses: bird, turtle, tiger.
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- 1.Which word has the letters “ir”? (a) corn (b) turkey (c) first
- 2.🍿 Which word is this? (a) popcorn (b) popcarn (c) popcurn
- 3.📄 Which word is this? (a) paper (b) papor (c) papar
- 4.🐦 Which word is this? (a) bard (b) bord (c) bird
- 5.🍿 popc_ _n — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 6.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) turtle (b) dart (c) third
- 7.🎸 Which word is this? (a) guitor (b) guitar (c) guitur
- 8.🕷️ Which word is this? (a) spider (b) spidar (c) spidor
- 9.💻 comput_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 10.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) computer (b) circus (c) unicorn
- 11.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) circle (b) yarn (c) popcorn
- 12.🥉 Which word is this? (a) thord (b) third (c) thard
- 13.Which word has the letters “ur”? (a) purple (b) corn (c) guitar
- 14.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) shark (b) purple (c) spider
- 15.🔦 t_ _ch — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) ar (c) er
- 16.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) corn (b) turtle (c) tiger
- 17.🌡️ Which word is this? (a) tharmometer (b) thormometer (c) thermometer
- 18.🎸 guit_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ir
- 19.🌽 Which word is this? (a) corn (b) carn (c) curn
- 20.🟣 p_ _ple — which two letters are missing? (a) ar (b) or (c) ur
- 21.💻 Which word is this? (a) computer (b) computar (c) computor
- 22.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) flower (c) fork
- 23.🌡️ th_ _mometer — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 24.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) fork (b) jar (c) butter
- 25.🌸 Which word is this? (a) flowar (b) flowor (c) flower
- 26.🚗 Which word is this? (a) cor (b) car (c) cir
- 27.⭐ st_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) or (c) ar
- 28.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) jar (b) girl (c) thermometer
- 29.🫙 Which word is this? (a) jor (b) jer (c) jar
- 30.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) paper (b) purple (c) dart
- 31.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) girl (b) butter (c) popcorn
- 32.👧 Which word is this? (a) gorl (b) girl (c) garl
- 33.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) star (b) turkey (c) butter
- 34.⭐ Which word is this? (a) stor (b) stur (c) star
- 35.🌸 flow_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) er (b) ar (c) or
- 36.🚗 c_ _ — which two letters are missing? (a) ur (b) ar (c) or
- 37.Which word has the letters “er”? (a) turkey (b) ladder (c) torch
- 38.Which word has the letters “ar”? (a) turtle (b) torch (c) dart
- 39.Which word has the letters “or”? (a) scarf (b) torch (c) burger
- 40.🍴 f_ _k — which two letters are missing? (a) or (b) er (c) ar
Answer key
- first
- popcorn
- paper
- bird
- or
- turtle
- guitar
- spider
- er
- unicorn
- yarn
- third
- purple
- spider
- or
- corn
- thermometer
- ar
- corn
- ur
- computer
- flower
- er
- fork
- flower
- car
- ar
- thermometer
- jar
- paper
- popcorn
- girl
- butter
- star
- er
- ar
- ladder
- dart
- torch
- or
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